Stonington, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bay de Noc Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49878. The Survey maps it on the Peninsula Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Peninsula Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Peninsula Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Stonington between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | POINT |
| 6 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ESCANABA DPS 19-3940 - 2019 |
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | PENINSULA |
| 15 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | not named |
| 10 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | K-10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonington in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 4 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | $1,000 | The Delta County Road Commission reported a few minor trees down blocking a lane on County Road 511 in Stonington. The time of the delayed report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Stonington | - | The observer nine miles south of Rapid River measured 1.72 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Stonington | - | The observer in Stonington measured 5.38 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. The observer southeast of Bark River measured 4.24 inches over the same period. |
| June 2006 | Heavy Rain | Stonington | - | 0.55 inches of rain fell in 10 minutes. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stonington | - | Numerous trees down on power lines on the Stonington Peninsula. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Stonington | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escanaba | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Larch | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wells | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Bluff | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| North Escabana (historical) | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Maywood | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Soo Hill | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Groos | 9.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621783. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





